"All the Indians in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand are safe. We have not received reports of any untoward incident so far. We advise people to continue to watch the situation continuously," Indian Ambassador to Thailand Anil Wadhwa said.
Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa believes Barack Obama would do well to pay attention to the question of skilled immigrant workers.
Truckers on Thursday proceeded on a nationwide indefinite strike.
'There is a lot of interest from potential clients who have remained away from the markets in past years.' 'They are evaluating whether this is a good time to enter, especially since there are very few alternatives to earn meaningful returns.'
Under Section 80D, you can avail of deduction on payment made towards preventive health check-ups.
The stressed asset business will be a mix of an ARC and a distressed asset fund. Ambit has already started insurance brokerage and equity research and sales businesses this year. It closed a $100-million private equity fund called Ambit Pragma Ventures recently. It is also keen on starting proprietary trading.
If you are merely letting out the property and enjoying the rent as an individual or as a company, in most cases, you will need to mention rental income under the head 'income from house property' in the income-tax return form, points out Tinesh Bhasin.
'Markets are not prepared for a slowdown as the current expectation is of the continuation in earnings momentum.'
'Earlier-than-expected tapering from the US, followed by rate hikes, and locally, a potential third wave, which mimics the second wave in terms of severity.'
'We are most bullish on all aspects of the financial sector -- private sector banks, even one state-owned bank, insurance, mortgage finance, broking, wealth management, gold finance, etc.'
The highlights of the export package was the increase of drawback rates by an average 2 percentage to 3 percentage points with retrospective effect from April 1.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Ministry of Finance, Joint Secretary -- insurance, Anoop Wadhwa, had reviewed the progress of development of micro-insurance products at a meeting in the national Capital on Tuesday.
'There is still scope for selective stockpicking.'
'It is less dependent on imported capital.'
Only those who stick to the old I-T regime will get this benefit.
'They can shift to dynamic asset allocation funds to automatically rebalance their equity exposure.'
'Companies with a strong business case and healthy balance-sheet should sail through and emerge more robust in the future.'
'There will be massive differences in sectors and stocks over the next few years.'
'A lot of first-time users who have entered the markets after Covid are increasingly investing in mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and stocks for their long-term goals.'
'The consolidation of the world's fifth-largest economy in the hands of 15-20 corporate giants is a once-in-generation event, which we are focusing on.'
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'Waiting for a market correction and optimising entry time in the markets will be akin to missing the woods for the trees.'
The first flight to land at the Delhi airport from London on Friday was Air India's AI112 that had 256 passengers in it, said Gauri Agarwal, founder of the Genestrings Diagnostic Center.
'It really doesn't matter that investors getting allotments sell their IPO stock holdings on listing day because a new set of investors are entering.' 'This explains the continued rise in stock prices even after the first day of listing.'
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari promised pan-India electronic toll system by December to address their concerns but ruled out complete scrapping of the toll system.
Swaraj is in Bahrain for a two-day visit to attend the first ministerial meeting of the India-Arab League Cooperation Forum to be held on Sunday.
'A time-wise, as well as price correction, so that the market can absorb the gains made over the past 17 months.'
With a change in investor preference to cyclical stocks like those of capital goods, infrastructure and automobile firms, the defensives, especially the IT pack, have taken a back seat.
Jim Rogers says India needs to do a lot to put its house in order.
Advance booking and track record peg the film's opening collection at Rs 35 to 40 crore.
Judwaa 2 has given Varun Dhawan his biggest opening day, and his biggest opening weekend.
'For equities, inflation trending upwards but within the range of expectations can actually be a big positive as it helps earnings and may shift flows from bonds to equities.'
'Most Indian logistics firms do not have the facility to store and transport COVID-19 vaccine right now.'
Besides LTCG tax relief, permitting taxpayers to declare two houses as self-occupied brings a huge relief.
Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies reiterate his bullish view on Indian equities on the back of a steady fall in Covid cases coupled with a sharp economic recovery in India, reports Puneet Wadhwa.
'There is a weak link between the economy and the stock market.'
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